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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6861844" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>I'd like for them to do that. My guess as to why they do not is that even an effort like that would require an investment of resources they feel are better focused elsewhere? Spending time and effort on setting conversions probably doesn't stand to make much money?</p><p></p><p>My guess is that those of us who are fans of the older settings already have the old material, so conversion docs probably wouldn't even create a large enough increase in the older edition PDFs that are for sale. Or at least they don't expect that it will.</p><p></p><p>I also think that the DMsGuild also impacts that decision. Despite the restriction that material be either setting neutral or specifically FR, it's pretty easy to create a collection of races that would fit a setting. Folks could put out a "Desert Races" product with a thri-kreen, half-giant, and half-dwarf races. They could then follow that up with a gladiator class product. So why produce free content for folks when the community very likely can do so? And then there's always the possibility that they decide to open up certain settings to the Guild, which would only make such products more prevalent. </p><p></p><p>Or they could produce a small document and perhaps release it on the Guild and charge a small fee for it, as you suggest. I like the idea and would be all for it. Aside from a possible question of profitability, the only reason I can think why they don't do that is that maybe they want to keep those settings in the trunk, so to speak. They want to build the brand up a bit without having to rely on past settings as much. Then they could release something like an Ebberon Adventurer's Guide when they think the time is right, and until then they don't want to release anything for the setting. Pure conjecture on my part, of course.</p><p></p><p>Do you have any ideas why they wouldn't release a product like you describe? Like I said, I am purely guessing at all this...I imagine you have a good deal more understanding about this stuff. </p><p></p><p>If you had to guess, what do you think the reason would be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6861844, member: 6785785"] I'd like for them to do that. My guess as to why they do not is that even an effort like that would require an investment of resources they feel are better focused elsewhere? Spending time and effort on setting conversions probably doesn't stand to make much money? My guess is that those of us who are fans of the older settings already have the old material, so conversion docs probably wouldn't even create a large enough increase in the older edition PDFs that are for sale. Or at least they don't expect that it will. I also think that the DMsGuild also impacts that decision. Despite the restriction that material be either setting neutral or specifically FR, it's pretty easy to create a collection of races that would fit a setting. Folks could put out a "Desert Races" product with a thri-kreen, half-giant, and half-dwarf races. They could then follow that up with a gladiator class product. So why produce free content for folks when the community very likely can do so? And then there's always the possibility that they decide to open up certain settings to the Guild, which would only make such products more prevalent. Or they could produce a small document and perhaps release it on the Guild and charge a small fee for it, as you suggest. I like the idea and would be all for it. Aside from a possible question of profitability, the only reason I can think why they don't do that is that maybe they want to keep those settings in the trunk, so to speak. They want to build the brand up a bit without having to rely on past settings as much. Then they could release something like an Ebberon Adventurer's Guide when they think the time is right, and until then they don't want to release anything for the setting. Pure conjecture on my part, of course. Do you have any ideas why they wouldn't release a product like you describe? Like I said, I am purely guessing at all this...I imagine you have a good deal more understanding about this stuff. If you had to guess, what do you think the reason would be? [/QUOTE]
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